Went to an eastern medicine doc in 2009 who said he eliminated the 2 infections I had. He also said I may have a very slow recovery, or no recovery, due to long term disease intrusion into my nervous system.
Revisited the LLMD last month and he put me on 100mg Mondox (doxy) twice daily, then 150mg. I felt very inflamed but not the herxy feeling. My legs twitched more and my hands got numb-er.
A couple of days after moving to 150mg the inflammation became intolerable and I developed problems with my vision. Right eye tender, lost blue vision in right eye, lost focus in right eye, and it looked like my right eye was looking thru a gauze pad. Both eyes very light-sensitive. Stopped abx, per LLMD.
Saw a GP and an opthomologist who are both clueless. Going to a neurological opthomologist next week.
Meanwhile, the eye sx are gradually resolving. I now have some blue vision back, can focus better, eye is less tender, etc.
It seems pretty obvious to me that the doxy really irritated my nervous system, particularly my right eye. Now it is resolving itself.
Anyone have experience with doxy / eye problems?
Dave
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feelfit
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Dave,
I didn't have problems with doxy and eye problems. But do have eye problems from this illness.
Mine is mostly my left eye, problems with focusing,a light blue dot in my periphreal(sp)vision. both eyes have 'grainy' vision or sort of feels like my vision is composed of the tiny dots that made up a picture on the old dot matrix printers.
I have seen neuro-op and eyes are said to be fine....rather than the doxy, i think it is nerve inflammation...maybe optic nerve.
If ur on plaquinel that can cause eye problems...Whenever I switch up meds, some really make my left eye go bonkers....I know something is living in that eyeball.
Was recently told that bartonella loves the eyes...something else to consider.
Good luck...hope that i may have helped a bit!
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Dave eyes are the top 3 of the most common sites for finding borrelia in autopsy of animals. For
some reason they like the eyes. I would be suspect it was a kill.
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kelmo
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Rifampin gave me double vision with just one pill. I woke up in the morning, and one pupil was large and the other small.
Won't take that again.
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map1131
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These bacteria are extremely sharp and survival is their game. Hiding out above brain barrier in the eyes and mouth and wrecking havoc in those areas.
If you have a body of inflammation issues, you could also have inflammation in eyes. So maybe the bad guys being chased to the eyes and trying to hid?
I believe doxy is one abx that crosses the brain barrier? So based on your other inflammation issues, it's just part of it.
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Since becoming ill with Lyme, and more recently (2 yrs.) being treated with abx, I have had 2 torn retinas, one detached retina....now facing eye surgery for hole in macula (retina.)
I used to have very good teeth...now they are breaking and coming loose and looks like I will be having most or all pulled and get dentures or partials. I had three pulled just last year...all back teeth.
I am getting cavities everywhere when before I never had them. I take supplements like crazy...am on minocycline, flagyl and another I can't remember right now. Recently took 2 month holiday from the abx.
Personally, I believe that BB is attacking these areas hard! I am not that OLD...body parts shouldn't be this uncooperative!
Also, I will soon be having surgery to remove my gallbladder. On my very first visit to my LLMD, he told me I needed it out. It has taken two years of pain and testing which just recently showed the gallstones I know I have had to get my GI doc's attention.
LLMD said Lyme LOVES the gallbladder....my cholesterol and triglesterides are sky high/for years....so now..out with the nasty thing!
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